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Newspaper Page TextE OREGON MIST. r ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCir 6, 1896. NO. 11. VOL. 13. TELEGRAPHIC RESUME Events ot the Day in a Con densed Form. OF INTEREST TO ALL BEADKR8 Item, of Importance from Dome.tlo and Foreign sources Groom of tho Dispatch. man and a boy SO years old, were lynched by a mob in WtohlU, Kan., tor bank robbery and murder. Gold baa been discovered In City Creek oauyon, within the oity limit of Bait Lake City. Assay are reported rnnuiug ai high ai 1600 in gold and $40 in silver per ton. The American abip William G. Daria, from Philadelphia for Han Franoiaoo, to inaugurate the new line of olippera arouud the Horn from the latter port to the AtUutio seaboard, baa been loat at aoa. Senator Dnbola aaya the silver Be pablioana ot the North woo t will per mit no tariff legislation in this con greaa or any other that doea not reoog niae free ailver, and the aame laine will be rained in the St Ixui conven tion. Five hundred litbographera struck in New York to enforce the recogni tion of their organisation and the abo lition of the piecework ayatein. The action of the Mew York branch ia ex pected to precipitate atrikea forthwith in all large otties. Roll O. Heikes, of Dayton, U., champion target ahot of the world, made anothor aenaatioual record ia an exhibition in Indianapolis. He broke 100 targeta, ooutinuoaa ahootlog, in 4 miuntea and 30 aeoonda, which makea a new world' record. A movement of ice in the Hlaaiaalppl oarrled away 180 feet ot the draw ipan ot the government ' bridge in Daven port, la., wbioh waa supported by treatle work, while uudergolug mpalri. The bridge waa a heavy doable-decker naed by the Rock Inland railway. The withdrawal of Comtnauder and Mr. Booth from the Salvation Army has created a commotion in the Phila delphia branch ot the army. The sol dlera are aroused and talk of enliating in a big aooeiaion from European head quarters 1 heard in every Salvation hall in Unit oity. In a Ot of rage Juoob Dletzol, of Chi cago, aged 68, ahot bis daughter, Mrs. Henry Obner, and then himself, inflict ing fatal wound. He waa onoe in proaperoua circumstances, but ot lato baa been dependent upon bis children for support, and their frequent com plaint, it la aaid, wore tho cause of the orluie. It i reported in Constantinople that February 14, the first day of the Ram adan festival, tbe Tnrka surrounded the Armenian quarter in Maraovan and or dered the Armenian to aooept Islam. Five hundred of them agreed to do so, but ISO recalcitrants were killed. A freah series of massacre is reported in the Siva and Kbarpoot district. The Paris Politique Coloniale pub lishes an alleged telegram from the Frenoh oonaular ageut in Brnxil, re porting that oonfliot have taken plaoe in the disputed territory ot Amapa, be twoen Freuoh Guiana and Brazil. It ia added the French troops half do atroyed Amapa after losing 100 killed and wounded, including four officers. Ooerge Grant, pioneer resident of Grass Valley, Cal., 70 year of age, was blown up by giant powder. He waa nalng the powder to blow op some willow and leaned over to aee why it did not go off, when be got the full charge in the face. One eye was blown out and the other badly injured, his lip was terribly lacerated and bia left arm badly injured. He will prob ably survive. Havana advice aver that the Cuban will retaliate on tbe Spaniard for their slaughter of suspect by using dynamite. A manifesto signed by the Cuban revolutionary party has been found scattered through Havana set ting forth that from five to ten of the uspedta oonflned In the Caballaa wore being (hot nightly, and that the Cu ban would retaliate by destroying Spanish residences and place of busi ness by dynamite. Henry Gottrell, of Edinburgh, Ind., died after several week' illness, ot softening of the brain, due to exoessive cigarette smoking. A post-mortem ex amination was beld, and a peculiar condition waa discovered. The peri cardial lack waa enlarged until it held about a gallon of water, and the heart was abnormally contracted. A fatty growth had alao formed, and both the lungs and spleen were enlarged and weakened by the disease. By the provisions ot Representative Hermann's bill for the examination and classification of mineral landa in Oregon, publication of the classifica tion of lands 1 to be made, and sixty day given for any person or company to protest the olasslfloatWu. Provision ia made how the protest shall be oou- ducted, and for hearings to determine the oharnater of the land. Appeals are allowed from the decision of the land offloers, as in other oases. An appro priation ot 95,000 la made to pay the expenses of the classification. The passenger steamer Queen col lided with tbe British ship Strathdon In San Francisco while steaming up the harbor on her arrival from Port land. The vessels were not together more than two minutes, but in that time, between 30,000 and 980,000 were sacrificed in damage,. The Strathdon was lying at anchor in the stream, and her heavy stoel bowsprit iwept the upper saloon docks of the steamer before the Queen oould be backed away. The Queen had on board lin nnuiinirnra. Unlv two Dersons were bnrt, and their Injuries amount ed to mere scratches. United States Distrlot Attorney H. V. Johnson haa filed a suit in the United States court agalnat the Union Paciflo Railroad Company and about 3,000 holding land under title ob tained from that company, asking for the cancellation of pa tout to about 10,000 aores, or tbe payment to the United States of 93,000,000. The land comprises portions of the buslnea sec tion of Denver, Greeley, Fort Collin and Loveland, Colo. It l alleged that tbe lauds in question have been ex empted from tbe original patent a they wore already subject to claims under the homestead and pre-emption IttW). Chief of Police Crowley, of San Francisco, bas resigned. He baa been in service for nearly forty year. Ballington Booth ha aunounoed bis plans for an independent American Salvation Army, of which he and his wife will be leaders. General Lewi Merrill died in Phila delphia, aged 65. He waa one of the noted offloer of the war, and waa re tired from aotive servloe on a surgeon' certificate of disability in 1886, after soveral years of frontier duty. Two little girls lost their live and two men were injured in a fire wbioh partly destroyed tbe big double tene ment at 158 Prospect street, Brooklyn. The origin of tbe fire is unknown. Tbe loss will not reaoh more than 93,600. As a train on the Ferris Sc Cliff House railway in San Franoiaoo was on it way to the beach, a tunnel near the ocean terminus caved in. No one was seriously Injured in the debris. Several passenger were bruised, and tbe road waa impassable for seme time. Tbe British and Freuoh negotiation at Paris on tho Niger question have been temporarily suspended. Tbe Freuoh representative accused the British of trying to aoqutre control oi territory within the French sphere, and there tbe matter end for the pres ent. The Very Rev. Father Borgmeyer, father superior of the Franciscan mis sion, in Santa Barbara, Cal., was fa tally ahot by a man who bad been em ployed at tbe miaaion for over year. Three shoU entered tbe priest' body, and one in tbe bead. Hia recovery ia impossible. Tho British troops whlob formed part of tbe Ashantee expedition returned to Londn in a dilapidated, though not battered oondltion. They were enthu siastically cheered as they marched through tbe oity from the docks where they landed to their barraoks in the west part of London. At Rome, Ga., a desperate street fight occurred between V. T. Sanford aud Policeman Mulky. Mulky la dead and ex-Sheriff Matthew critically wounded. Several stray shot took effeot In innocent spectators, one a young lady, ine altercation Degau beoause Mulky clubbed a iriena oi Sauford. , The supreme oourt of the state ot Washington has decided that a county treasurer is liable personally or on bia bond' for money deposited in a bank which afterward become Insolvent, in case wherein there 1 no oharge of negligonoe against the offloer and in which tbe oounty failed to supply a de pository. The oomolaint reoently made by the oitixen of Antelope, Idaho, that the water of the Big Loat river bad been turned out on tbe publlo lands by a ditch oompany and had created dam age to settlers, will be Inquired into by the government A speolal agent of the general land offioe ha been ordered there to investigate. The onnferenoe between President J. Edward Simmons, of the Panama Rail way Company and C. P. Huntington, president of the Paoiflo Mail Steamabip Company, regarding the recent trio tton between tbe two oompaules, is said to have resulted In the adjustment of all difference, it l nnaeratooa that entirely harmonious relation have been restored. The Southern Paoiflo Railroad Com pny ha reopened the rate war between PnrklanA and San Francisco. The out is a radloal one, putting tbe figures back to where they were during we early day of Deoember, namely, 910 fnr fli-at. nlaaa nana ire. including berth in the Pullman sleeper, and $6 for seo- ond-olaas in tbe tourist sleeper. Fur February the receipt from cus toms show a falling off of 93,474,408, and tbe Internal revenue receipt a de oresae ot 9384,640. Aa the expendi ture during the month, however, were exceptionally light, a small sur plus ia shown. The total defloit for the present fiscal year amounted to 918,668,587, and it is the opinion ot treasury offloial that the deficit July 1, next, will not exceed this amount St James' tiatette, in commenting upon the reoent dismissal of Lord Dun raven from the New York Yaoht Club, said: "The New York Yaoht Club very properly expelled Lord Dunraven, aud we now only regret that the oredit of British sportsmanship was ever Identified with a man who oan behave so badly. Hi charges were Improb able, and bis refusal to aooept the de cision of the oommittee was a sheer pleoe of ohlldlsh obstlnaoy.". Governor Lord, of Oregon, baa been notified that land olalraed by tbe state, under the swamp land grant ot 1863, whtnh afterwarda nasaed bv errant of the state to the United States Military Wagon Road Company, in 1886, baa been rejeoted by the commissioner of I the general land office, at Washington. ' Attorey-Genneral Idleman has the mat- J ter nnder advisement, and will likely appeal on behalf of the state to the seo retary of tbe Interior, Hok Smith, GROWING NORTHWEST Progress and Doings in the Paclfio States. CONDENSED BUDGET OF NEW8 from All tho Cities and Towns of tba Peslno States and Territories Washington. There were twenty-seven applicants for teachers' certificates at tbe Sprague examination lust week, nineteen of whom were successful. Eighteen hundred dollar is the amount already pledged in Yakima oounty to relieve the Ahantum acad emy of its indebtedness New bas been reoeived at Spokane that one of the San Poiles Indiana on the Okanogan reservation bad killed hia wife's brother, by beating out bis brain with a olub. It is reported that a fourth interest has been sold in tbe Cle-Elum Coal Company's mine at Cle-Elum, for 96,000. Tbe buyer are supposed to be tbe agents of tbe O. R. A N. Co. While Rev. D. C. Ellis was conduct ing servioes In the Baptist church at Port Towusend, burglar entered his residenoe and carried away money and jewelry to tbe value of about 9100. A gentleman who la Interested In the state capital contract, say that al though the contractor have three years in which to complete tbe work, the oapitol will be finished within two years. . Tbe big jam ot logs in the Huraph tulip river, in Chebalis oounty, is to be removed. Frank Linder and others have made arrangement to get them out It is estimated that about 3,000, 000 foet of good logs are beld there. The publio school at Palouse and Pullman will probably hold an addi tional two months' session this spring, being enabled to do so by tbe inoreased apportionment ot school money to tbe district by reason of tbe "Barefoot" bill. R. Henry, on a recent trip up tbe Snohomish river, purchased of the ranchers over 91.000 worth of stock nd grain. Hog are bringing about i cents, cattle the same, and oat range from 918 to 916 per ton, along the river. Rumor bas it that a rich gold-bearing quartz ledge haa been discovered within four miles ot Goldendale, wbioh ap parently haa no limit Tbe ledge is said to have been traced a distance of four miles, and reoent assays from the rock show 950 to the ton in gold. Tbe Yakima Republic say that a letter from a man who bas gone to Miohigan to induoe Immigration to Yakima from the Holland settlement, states that fully 500 people have sig nified their Intention of visiting the Yakima on the excursion soon to start from that state. Old settlers In Walla Walla say that about fourteen year ago we bad just about suoh a winter as this, with uo snow. The tree budded out just as they are doing now, and flower were everywhere In bloom. But In March oame a cold snap, with a hard frees, and trees of nearly every kind were killed outright The United State oivil servioe oom mission ha ordered that an examina tion be held by it local board in Port Townsend, Tuesday, April 7. 1806, com mencing at 9 o'clock A. M., for tbe grade of olerks, day inapeotor, night inspector, messenger and boatman in the ouatoms servioe. Only citizen of the United State oan be examined. Surveyor-General Watson say, in regard to tbe Colville reservation: "Moat of the note of tbe reservation surveys have been oompleted, and the plats are now being made; but before aooeptanoe of tbe surveys, an examina tion must be made of all these con tracts, so aooeptanoe will probably not ooour until some time next summer or fall." In oonneotion with the alleged short age in the aooonnts of the oity offloial of Walla Walla, the Union say that during 1808, when the treasurer's book were In oharge ot a clerk em ployed by Mr. Parks, a oheok for 9690 was , reoeived to liquidate the tax assessed against oertain property. In vestigation ha disclosed that the oheok waa oashed by the olerk, but' credit was only given on tbe books tor 96. 90. Tbe entry was also made in tbe olerk's handwriting. There was a novel strike inaugurated in Aberdeen lost week that waa as shortlived as it was novel. The Fish ermen's union raised the prioe of fish to 4 cents per pound, the lenten sea son always bringing Increased demand. Tbe buyers struck, but as the union alao engages in shipping fish, and had a market for tbe supply, the buyers were foroed to yield. Tbe union itself pays out about 9500 a week to its mem ben for fish.. ' Oregon. A band of sheep was sold tbe other day in Baker oounty at 11.50 a bead A carload of horses were shipped from Pendleton to the Sound last week for use in the lumber mills and camps. Otto Kohler, of The Dalles, has reaohed New Brighton, Minn., with a tralnload of sheep, and intend to feed them for about sixty days oh wheat screenings. At the Grant's distillery, 150 buah els of wheat are now being used daily and 800 head of cattle and 650 hog are fed. The distillery ia daily produoing about 600 gallons of aloohol and high wine. A drive of 100,000 feet of logs has been reoeived at the Dilley sawmill. The mill will start up soon and 400, 000 feet of log will be brought down before tbe water 1 too low. Farmer in Sherman oounty are said to be hauling seed wheat from the railroad to tbeir farms, they having sold too mnoh wheat last fall, not leav ing themselves enough for seed. A pooket of rich ore waa struck in tbe Old Tom Payne mine, In the Pooa horta district in Eastern Oregon. About ten year ago a pooket was found in the mine from which 913,000 was taken in one week. A Tillamook dairyman has made an experimental shipment of butter to China, Under perfect conditions, the butter was landed in fair shape, and was sold so as to realize a better figure than if marketed at home. . Word has been reoeived from Bel gium, says tbe Pendleton East Ore gonian, that Polydor Moens, who shipped cavalry horse from Umatilla oounty to that oountry, has closed bis accounts and find that he bas lost money on the deal. Tbe William brother are preparing to build two boat on tbe Snake river. A large pump, twelve inches in diam eter, and an engine of 100 horse-power to run the pump will be put in one of the boats. The other will be a tug, used for hauling supplies. Work bas been progressing on tbe schooner Lila Mattle that drifted ashore near tbe Coqollle river some weeks since, and an endeavor 1 being made to get her in tbe river. She now lie in tbe gap of the north jetty, being almost through. Tbe postoffioe department bat granted tbe petition for tbe establihment ot new postofflceat Woodley, the head quarters of the Grand Ronde Placer Mining Company, and Daniel M. Griffith, who occupies the position of foreman of the mine at that plaoe, has been designated as postmaster. Tbe Oregon Railway & Navigation Company is making arrangement to deliver freight in Eugene at all seasons of the year. When tbe water will per mit, boats will be run to that oity, and when the water is too low, it i pro posed to deliver the freight by teams that will haul it from Harrisburg. An expert machinist will soon be in Pendleton to set up tbe machinery now at the woolen mills. Tbe looms will not be ready until some time in May. On this account there will not be much work done at the mill this year, as the season will be too far advanoed be fore things can be In readiness to be gin work. Idaho. George T. Murray, of Cottonwood, Idaho ounty, haa been granted an orig inal pension. Tbe Star mail servioe between Grangevllle and Raymond will be in creased to three time a week from March 3. At a largely attended meeting held lu Wardner, 91,000 was subscribed, and work will soon be oommenoed build ing a new ohuroh for the Methodists. Mra. Bridget Dounovan, widow of Sergeant Donnovan, died in Sherman. She bad been known in the army for the past twenty-five years, and had earned an exoellent reputation as a nurse. Farmer have oommenoed plowing in Juliaetta. A larger percentage of grain will be sown than last year, due to the advanoe in the prioe of wheat Flax will be the prinoipal crop on tbe reservation. Quarts mining Is certainly to be the industry of the future In Boise oounty. At present it 1 about In the same stage of progress that it was twenty-five years ago, but the conditions at present are suoh that there la a broad basis for hope. ' -. - The gold-bearing area in Boise oounty is certainly not less than one- fifth of the oounty, possibly more, em braced In several distrlot. Probably 8,000 out of the 7,000 square miles in the oounty will In time furnish some gold. A larm number of sheen are be ins fed in tbe vioinity of Lewiston. C Theisen, James Madden and Rigg Rrna. all have lama hunches atrtrresat- ing 8,600 bead, that they are fattening fnr tha imrinir market Risff Bros. sold last week a carload at 8 cents. This it considered a good sale, ' ' ' Montana. A party of leasers have started work on the Stevens mine again. They are sinking a new shaft near the gulch. ; There ia little Question but that the new light aoetylene will become the popular illumlnant Tbe shares in the new oomnanr reoently inoornorated in Butte have about all been taken up by oitizena ot that oity, and It ia expected that consumers oi tne new ngnt win soon be sopplied. The completion of the new oonoan trating plant of the Montana Ore Pur chasing Company is being rapidly pushed ahead. Already several of the vanners and jigs are running. This plant when oompleted will be capable of handling ,600 tone ot ore daily. New boiler are also being added in order to furnish the inorease of power required for the new plant. . v ' Word has been reoeived from the Rook Creek mining distrlot that all the land in Brewster gulch from the Golden Scepter mine to Rook oreek at Gillespie' ranoh and thenoe down the east bank ot Rook oreek for five miles, has been located for placer ground. Even the ranoh Of Superin tendent Baboook is taken up for that purpose. What the result will be re mains to be seen. Snffloe to aay all the ground is a gravel bed and the in dication are that it is not Improbable there will be valuable dioovene along the valleys now located. VOTE WAS DECISIVE Cuban Belligerency and Inde pendence Favored. SENATE ADOPTS BKSOLUTIONS Be.ult Oroetod by Densely-Packed Gal leries With Applaoao, Whloh Waa Cheeked With Difficulty. Washington, March 3. By tbe over whelming vote of 64 to 6 tbe senate today adopted a oonourrent resolution favorable to Cuban belligerency and independence. Tbe resolutions adopted are as follows: "Resolved, By the senate, the house of representative concurring, that, In the opinion of oongress, a condition of publio war exists between the govern ment of Spain and tbe government proclaimed and for some time main tained by force of arms by the people of Cubs; and that the United States of Amerioa should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of belligerent in the ports and terri tory of tbe United States. "Resolved, That tbe friendly offices of the United States should be offered by tbe president to the Spanish gov ernment for the recognition of tbe in dependence of Cuba." When the result was announoed, the densly packed galleries broke into loud and continued applause, which the vioe-president checked, with difficulty. The result was reaohed, after a day of fervid speeobes, which, at times, aroused the crowd of spectators to en thusiastic demonstration. The keen publio interest in tbe subject waa evi denced by tbe presenoe of the largest crowd sinoe oongress assembled. The representtive of foreign power were numerously In attendance. The occu pants of tbe diplomatio gallery in cluded: Ministers Mendooa of Brazil, Hatoh of Hawaii, Lazo-Arriaga of Guatemala, Rengifo of Colombia, and Baron von Ketteler, of the German embassy. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, was not present, but two of the attaches of tbe Spanish legation occupied seats with tbe other diplo mat. The main feature of tbe debate was tbe speech of Sherman, chairman of tbe oommittee on foreign relations. As a rule, the veteran senator from Ohio, speaks with conservatism; so it was the more surprising when he arraigned Spain and her governor-general. Wey ler, in the most scathing language. Sherman read specific instances in which Weyler was pictured as strip ping young girls beld as captives and compelling them to dance before the Spanish troops. Other speeches were made by Lindsay, Lodge, Caffrey and Allen.' THE CONSULATE STONED. All Spain AraiMd by tha Action of th American Senate. Madrid, March 8. It one may judge by the things that have been said, and some of the things tbat bave been done, the Spanish people are determined to go to war forthwith with the United States, and to speedily avenge the in sult which It Is fancied has been offered to tbe haughty pride of Spain by the United States senate In determining to recognize the Cuban provisional gov ernment a a belligerent power, and to ask tbe president to use his good offices with Spain to obtain recognition of Cuban independence. Some of the organs of publio opinion declare that the bankruptcy oi the Spanish government would not prevent the Spanish from taking up tbe quarrel on their own account, and fitting out expeditiona and maintaining themselves at their own expense, while combatting the insolence of the assertions oi tbe United States. The day has been characterized by many manifestations of publio wrath and excitement In Barcelona the Spaniards have gone to the extreme of using violenoe upon the oonsulate of tbe United State and stoning it, break ing several windows in tbe building. No bodily bam was done to any body, exopet to oertain member ot the orowd, that was charged by the police when the stones were thrown at the United State oonsulate. GOLD AT POSTOFFICES. Batracte From Statement Prepared by tho Department. Washington, March 3. The re ceipts ot gold and "representatives" of gold at various poet offioes in tne states of the Northwest are shown in the elaborate statement gotten up and made publio by the postoffioe department The figures show that i Oregon the gross receipt for tbe year in an nrst- olass and second-class postoffioe were 9186.885, making the average per month 915,570. The gold receipts per month were 95,713. Tbe gross reoelpt tor the year of poetoffices of all olasses were 9419,658, and the department estimates the gold reoeipts at 9151,043. In Washington the gross reoeipts were 9301.144, and the average per month 916,763. The gold reoeipts per month were 99,938. The gross re oeipts of all offioes in tbe state for the year were 9459,043; the gold reoeipts, 9366,344. These are the figures for Idaho: Gross reoeipts for the year ot all olasses of money at offioes ot tbe first and aeo ondolasses, 914,141; average per month, 91.175; gold reoeipts, 9176. Tbe gross receipt of all office in the state for the year were 9181,956, and tbe estimated gold reoeipts, 919,909. A London restaurant serve its food on leotrloally hatd plate. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. Condennod Rwd of tho Dolus, of the Nation'. Lawroeker.-a.net. Washington, Feb. 39. A stirring speech by Vest on behalf of Cuba was tbe event of today in tbe senate. It came unexpectedly, aa Vest seldom an nounces bis speeobes or makes prepara tions. The senate had agreed tbat tbe final vote on the Cuban resolutions would be taken at 4 P, M. Monday, and tbe debate was proceeding, White and Gray contending as a legal propo sition tbat tbe United States oould not, at this time, reoognize Cuba's inde pendence. This aroused Vest, first to questions of remonstrance, and then to one of tbe borsts of eloquence witb which he, at times electrifies the sen ate. He spoke of Spain as the tooth less old wolf who had lost, one by one, her litter, and wa still clinging to this single remaining cub. He pic tured Spain as the impotent giant De spair of the "Pilgrim' Progress," gazing on defeat In impassioned words he made an apotheosis of liberty of rare beauty aud fervor, adding with ringing emphasis, tbat tbe Cuban pa triot would never, never, never, again become tbe unwilling subject of Spain. Washington, March 3 In tbe sen ate today Allen withdrew bis resolu tion for tbe appointment of Mr. Lloyd as a senate official after a discussion as to adding a Populist offloial to the rolls. During the debate on the Cuban resolutions, the floor was yielded for the adoption of a conference report on the pension appropriation bill, and also tbe passage of a bill relating to tbe ancohrage and movement of vessels in St Mary 'a river. Mitchell of Oregon, chairman of the oommittee on privi leges and elections, gave notioe tbat on Friday next he would eall up the Dupont election case, involving tbe seat from Delaware. Washington, March 8. The senate oommittee on naval affair had Assist ant Patent Examiner Stauferon the stand in connection with tbe inquiry concerning the armor-plate oontracta today. He produced the reoords of the patent offioe department to show the action of that office on the Harvey ap plication for patents. The oommittee has succeeded in ascertaining among other things in its reoent inquiries that four-fifths of the stock of tbe Harvey company is owned abroad, and that the company receives a royalty of two oents a pound on all the Harveyized steel used in European countries. Ihese facts are accepted as an explanation of tbe low rates at which foreign con tracts are let . . .. ... Bonn. . ; ; Waahingtou, Feb. 39. At 5 o'clock this afternoon au ex-member of tbe house became a member, and a member became an ex-member. Such was the result of a three days' debate in the house on the Van Horne-Tarsney con tested election case. The vote by which the Demoorat lost his seat and by wbioh it wa given to the Republi can con tea tee was 113 to 164, eighteen Republicans joining with the Demo orat in opposition to the majority. The report of the committee on foreign affairs, submitting resolution on the Cuban question, was then presented, but, upon objection of Boutelle, went over without action. At 5:15 tbe house adjourned. The house committee on judiciary, after a long oonferenoe with Attorney-General Harmon and Major Strong, of the department of justice, today authorized a favorable report of Representative Updegraff' bill to abolish the fee system as to United States district aSVwney and marshala, and to substitute salaries. i Washington. March 8. There w an enthusiastic demonstration in tbe house today, when Seoretary Cox, of the senate, shortly before 4 o'olook, ap peared and aunounoed the passage by the upper branch of congress of the Cu ban resolutions, but the matter did not come in any other form during tbe dav. After encountering tbe unex pected opposition of Boutelle yester day, the house leaders concluded to postpone taking np tbe resolution un til the legislative bill waa disposed of. The whole day was passed in the con sideration of the legislative appropria tion bill, and considerable progress was made. An agreement waa reaohed whereby the bill to obange tbe compen sation ot United State attorney and marshals from tbe fee to the salary sys tem is to be offered as an amendment to the bill. Washington, March 8. Tbe first presidential veto of this session of oon gress was overridden by tbe house to day by a vote oi suo to as, ia more than the requisite constitutional two third. All tbe Republicans and thirty one Demoorat voted for tbe bill, while the votes to sustain tne president were all oast by Demoorats The bill authorizes the governor and local authorities of Arizona to lease the school lands of the territory for eduoational purposes. The president's objection to the bill was that it did not give the Beorearty of tbe interior power to disapprove tbe leases, ana aia not throw proper safeguards about the timber on the lands. i r . Kouland Miners Frote.t. Rossland, B. C, March 3 A largely attended mass meeting held here to night adopted resolutions protesting against tbe bill introduced by the gov ernment in the Birtish Columbia par liament to impose a 8 per oent tax on all ores mined in the province. It is expected that a aimilar action will be taken by various mining towns of the Kootenai country. It ia claimed by tbe people ot this distrlot tbat tbe bill would be a serious blow to the mining industry, because it would drive out capital and impair established values A 99,000 gold nugget, weighing thirtv-one sounds and seven ounces, is reported to have been found at Eldo rado, Montgomery oounty, Va. THE FIELD AND FARM Practical Pointers on Proper Care of Farm. THE PROFITS IN EGG FARMING Detail. In Dairying by an experienced Dairy woman Planting and Hearing- of Trees. The best profits in egg farming I in building up and maintaining a fancy egg trade. Retail customers will pay -a few oents more on the dozen for fresh eggs than they will pay for tbe artiole at tbe grocers. Eggs ooming direct from tbe farmer used to be a guarantee of freshness, but not all farmers bave been able to keep up this reputation. On tbe average farm hens are allowed to roam about as tbey please, and it is not uncommon for farmer to every now and then come across hidden nests. There may be dozen egg in one of those nests, and how is tbe farmer to kuow if a dozen hens laid those eggs that day, or if one hen laid them between twelve and twenty-four days? It is more likely to be the lat ter case, whioh certainly must give .a number ot stale, if not rotten, egg in the lot. As the farmer dump these eggs right in witb tbe lot he gathered that day from tbe nests, somebody will get cheated. And one bad egg in ' a dozen will not condemn tbe entire lot, but the farmer's reputation for honesty is at stake. So be absolutely sure your eggs are fresh, and then be ready to guarantee them. Send clean eggs to the oustomers, says the .- American Poultry Advocate. Dirty eggs make oustomers hesitate. Assort them out to size. A dozen small eggs will not look as objectionable as a dozen of all ' sizes. Keep the hens from the manure piles, and do not feed any food that might taint the flavor of tbe egg, for it is a fact that an egg oan 1)9 tainted as readily as milk, by what ia given thehenoroow in their food. Pur grain, fresh water, pure meat, and fresh green food, will help wonder fully in this direction. Detail, or Dairying. Oue of our most successful dairy women writes that she does not allow noise in the stables at milking time. A blow with the milking stool may not only lessen the quantity but effeot the quality of the milk. The milking should be done regularly and quietly, carried to the milkroom. strained and cooled quickly. The good dairymen who are posted as to the value of food produots kuow full well tbat clover ia one of the most valuable crops raised on the farm. The most successful swine breeders make clover pasture and clover bay n important ration for their stork, and so do the meet suc cessful dairymen. : Every dairy farm should have enough hogs to utilize the skim-milk and buttermilk. Some farmers succeed better in a flnsnoial way with hogs, and as the Irishman says: "He's the gentleman tbat root the mortgage off. " But hog and cow should always go together. Dairying in all its details must be done at th proper time; other work must be done secondary to this. After the cream is gathered and properly ripened it should be churned at onoe, the churn must receive close attention ' and . be stopped when the butter haa ' formed into granules the size of small wheat kernels. Too much salt and excessive working injure the product So, after all, it is looking after these ' small things that make the suooessf nl butter and cheese maker. '--, . Planting and Bearing Tree.. There are two kinds ot tree that th farmer must take into consideration when he wishes to plant trees, via. : forest and nut tree. These two olasses of trees are about as far removed from one another as any two things oan be. -If the farmer want to grow forest tree, he has one oertain line to pursue. If he wants to grow nut trees be must altogether forget that there was ever such a thing as a forest, and must bring the tree out where it will have heaven's sunshine and develop a great crop of nuts. The nut are the fruit of the tree and we must treat nut trees aa you would treat an apple orchard. They are pruned with a view to spread ing out the crop to securing for each tree it due proportion ot light and sunshine In order that It may do It fullest work, and thus produoe a muoh greater result than would be necessary for tbe development merely of leaf and - branch. -'. The fruit, or nut, may always be re garded as the exoess of stored material whioh the tree produces over that whioh is essential for the growth of itself. So iu the case of nut trees, yon consider tbe individual. In tbe oase of forest trees you consider only the sg-. gregate. So tbat at the threshold of tbe question wbioh we are to "consider, we meet quite a oontrast; the. nut tree must be wide apart; tbe forest tree must be close together. The . reason for this lies in the difference ot tbe object with whioh those .tree, respeo- tively ore planted. , In tbe oase of tbe nut tree, what we want 1 the fruit; in the other ease, what we want ia th trunk. ' ' , . s Notes.''' ' While grass Is very valuable even in the first stage! ot fattening, its greatest value tor hogs is in the fact that it ia a means of insuring health. - ' The hog possesses a great deal of natural heat and doea not need a high temperature. . Forty degree., is high enough for swine. ..., Tbe system of feeding calculated to produoe tbe best results in feeding for beef or fat If. steadily pursued in th dairy, invariably change th character of tb cow. :